Hibernation is a survival strategy animals use when food is scarce, especially during winter. All animals need energy to stay alive, but when cold weather makes food hard to find, some animals slow ...

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Karla Griesbaum talks to ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about what animals do during the winter. Ever wonder how animals ...

When the cold and dark winter is setting in, some of us envy animals that can hibernate. This long, deep rest is an example of how nature develops clever solution to difficult problems. In this case, ...

The first animal many people think of when they think of hibernation is probably a bear. But there are many other animals who spend the cold winter months hibernating. Animals hibernate when food runs ...

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As winter approaches, you are probably breaking out your warm coat and spending more time inside. When you need food, you make a trip to the grocery store. But for animals who live outside all year, ...

The cold winter months are the most difficult time of year for many animal species. To cope with the challenges of falling temperatures and a lack of food, some of them undergo a period of dormancy.

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Right now, millions of animals are in a deep sleep across Minnesota and Wisconsin, a process called hibernation. And while black bears are probably the most famous hibernators, ...

Animals can hibernate, slowing down most metabolic functions — heart rate, blood flow, brain activity, and body temperature — ...

While people in the Northeast are the ones bearing the brunt of another snowstorm, the rest of the country is still experiencing winter weather. Parts of the Pacific Northwest and Northwest are ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Each spring, a grizzly bear emerges from its den after months of deep hibernation — having eaten nothing, barely moved and slowed its heart and metabolism to a crawl. Yet it wakes up ...